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Rockfords multi-use THE Novotel Rockford Darling

Harbour is launching a new multi-

use caf space in its lobby area

next month.

Described as flexible, it will

service on the go guests for a

quick coffee or breakfast,corporate lunches and small

business meetings.

It also has the ability to expand

capacity for conference and

banquet dining when combined

with nearby Ceezens Restaurant.

RSVP Melbourne postponed THE residual effects of the

Global Financial Crisis (GFC) have

taken their toll on Melbournes

Event Showcase, originally known

as RSVP Melbourne.

An announcement yesterday by

the owners and organisers,

Exhibition and Trade Fairs (ETF)

said it will be postponed in 2012

to take time to reconsider the

format of the show.

Impacting the momentum andsuccess of the on the floor show,

ETF cites the ill-timed 2009 crisis

and the resultant consolidation of

event suppliers and reduced

marketing budgets as making a

significant dent in operations.

After the 2010 tradeshow, the

ETF conducted extensive

consultations with industry

representatives and visitors to

seek feedback on the future

direction of the show.

Led by Jodie Richmond, general

manager & CEO, the ETF took the

recommendations from the

industry and made significant

investments in changing the

brand, the venue and the dates of

the show.

We are committed toMelbournes special event

industry and have worked hard to

build on the strength of Party

After Dark and the Event Master

Class elements, including making

major changes for the 2011 show.

However, the overall show

format still doesnt appear to be

fully resonating with the industry.

Therefore, we have taken the

decision to postpone the show

for this year and focus our

energies on better understandingthe challenges and specific needs

of Melbournes event industry.

We want to ensure the show is

valuable and relevant in helping

Melbournes event industry rise

to meet those challenges, now

and in the future, said Richmond.

Consultations with industry

members will occur later in the

year to pave the direction for

2013 and beyond.

For now, the ETF team will focus

on managing the Sydneys EventShowcase and the co-located

Australian Business Events Expo

which will take place 15-16 Aug.

Sebel Yarra packages45 minutes from Melbournes

CBD, the Sebel Heritage Yarra

Valley with 10 versatile spaces

and a capacity to cater for up to

400 delegates, has a special Day

Delegate Package and a

Residential Conference Package.

With rates starting from $75pp

for the day package it includes

morning and afternoon tea, buffet

lunch plus audio equipment & more.

The residential conference

package starts from $350pp andincludes the day delegate package,

dinner, overnight accom in a

deluxe room and breakfast - see

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Surprise!SURPRISES can

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none more

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unique

functions

facilities I found at Kingsleys

Australian Steakhouse.

Located in a laneway off King

Street, halfway between Kent

and Sussex Sts, it is housed in anextraordinary heritage building.

A former candle factory and

the oldest industrial building in

Sydney, it has a spacious first

floor function room while below

stairs in the surrounds of coarse,

unpicked sandstone is a very

clubby private dining room -Jill.

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In 25 words or less tell us whatUluru means to you

To celebrate the $10million redevelopment of Ayers Rock Resorts

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Rendezvous new DSM RENDEZVOUS Hospitality Group

who are currently implementing a

multi-million dollar refurbishment

and rebranding initiative uniting

Rendezvous Hotels and The

Marque Hotels into one

Rendezvous brand, have

announced the appointment of

Manoj Raveendranath as director

of sales and marketing of

Rendezvous Stafford Hotel Sydneyand The Marque Hotel Sydney.

Raveendranath, with a strong

sales background was most

recently director of sales and

marketing at Stamford Plaza

Sydney Airport.

He takes over the role of DSM

from Glenn Shoebridge, who has

transferred to the role of director

of sales & marketing at

Rendezvous Hotel Perth and The

Marque Hotel Perth.

MEANWHILE Rendezvous hasalso today announced that the

Rendezvous Hotel in Christchurch

will not be opening tomorrow as

previously planned.

The buildings owners have

engaged engineers to recheck the

171-room property to ensure that

the 23 Dec earthquakes have not

compromised the building.

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An intimate dinner with David

Story adapted from an

article in the New York

Times.

THE invention of the

smartphone has created a

world where millions of

people stroll through lifeconstantly staring into a

mobile device like

Narcissus at the edge of a

pond.

People are not going to

put these devices down in

the near future.

Realistically, we will

become only more absorbed by

the screen.

Technology will have to solve

this problem.

It will do so by creatingwearable computers.

Wearable computing is a

broad term.

Technically, a fancy electronic

watch is a wearable computer.

But the ultimate version of this

technology is a screen that

would somehow augment our

vision with information and

media.

Over the past year, Apple and

Google have secretly begun

working on projects that willbecome wearable computers.

In Googles secret Google X

labs, researchers are working on

peripherals that when

attached to your clothing or

body would communicate

information back to an Android

smartphone.

Apple has also experimented

with prototype products that

could relay information back to

the iPhone.

These conceptual productscould also display information

on other Apple devices, like an

iPod, which Apple is already

encouraging us to wear on our

wrists by selling Nanos with

watch faces.

One idea being discussed is a

curved-glass iPod that would

wrap around the wrist. People

could communicate with the

device using Siri, the companysartificial intelligence software.

Researchers note that the

smartphone is almost never more

than one metre away from its

user. It is often just centimetres

from the bed during the night as

well, and has replaced the alarm

clock for many people.

As a result, the smartphone is

going to be the hub for our

information sharing and

gathering. Think of it as a force

field that will engulf us whereverwe are, transmitting power and

Internet access to sensors and

screens that are tacked to our

clothing.

Tony Wragg, a self-professed

gadget fan with a serious passion

for

technology,

writes a

regular

blog,

TechTalk.

To checkout the

latest tech

news for small business visit Tony

Wragg online through his blog at

tonystechtalk.com.au

The wearable computer

Warwick Fiji MICE THE Warwick Fiji Le Lagon

Resort and Spa says its new

conference centre in Port Vila is

on track to be completed by June.

The conference centre will have

1000 sqm of space and the latest

audio visual equipment, and will

be able to cater for up to 700.
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Ita goes salty

ENJOYING something of a

rebirth since her story was

dramatised in TVs Paper Giants,

media icon Ita Buttrose, fresh

from her appearance at

AIME, travelled to northern

NSW as a guest of Mantraon Salt Beach in Kingscliff.

The much sought after

guest speaker was

reportedly impressed by

this seaside resort that

caters for up to 300

delegates in its pillarless

ballroom and offers a

variety of outdoor and

poolside meeting spaces, all

within an hours

drive of Gold Coast airport.

Part of the Salt village precinct,the Mantra on Salt Beach joins

Peppers Salt Resort & Spa and

Peppers Bal Salt who together

provide the largest conference

facilities in Northern NSW.

Catering for up to 500 delegates,

they collectively offer a range of

700 accommodation rooms.

2012 AIME Wrap Up

Ita Buttrose pictured with the Mantra conference & events team - Nicky-Lee ONeill, Tennille Miller & Brooke Stewart.

ABOVE: PCOs at the Mantra

Groups Veuve Clicquot function:

Kent Davidson, Mantra Group;

Tricia Durrant and Libby Lane,InHouse Event Solutions; Stephen

Poole, Current Events; Anne-

Maree Grady, Mantra; Julie Allen,

The Full Pretzel; & Dee Nicholas,

Corporate Incentive Solutions.

AIME hosts buyersAIME created the perfect

opportunity for the industry to

network and catch up with old

friends and the chance to make

new ones.

Agroup of buyers are pictured

below enjoying some much

needed rest and relaxation during

one of the scores of hosted

events held during AIME.

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HG flair with BlairINTERCONTINENTAL Hotels

Group has appointed a new gmarea manager for Vic, Blair

Roxborough who will oversee the

operations of four hotels within

he state - InterContinental

Melbourne The Rialto, Crowne

Plaza, Holiday Inn on Flinders,

and the Holiday Inn Melbourne

Airport.

Time & cost drive

ndustry changeTHE business events industry iseeing shorter lead times and is

becoming more cost conscious

aid Victor Pisapia, director of

VictorsFood.Australian, We hear

t more and more from industry

olleagues, and clients.

They need to deliver company

onferences in a shorter

imeframe, with more focus on

value-for-money and they still

want a Wow factor, Pisapia said.

Scott Cooper, conference sales& mkt manager at SMC in Sydney,

echoed this change and said,

Delegates are time poor, yet

organisers would still rather

maintain valuable face-to-face

engagement that comes from a

raditional physical event, rather

han digital alternatives such as

webinars.

We developed new formats for

our team cooking events,

ncluding the Power Pizza which

delivers in 2.5 hours, and theMasterChef Stage Show.

According to Pisapia, the

horter timeframes help keep the

osts down and, we still have to

deliver top results.
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